Chapter 6
It was the day of the show and I was laying on my bed listening to my iPod.
"Whatcha listening to?" Evra asked me.
"God Love Her by Toby Keith"
"Oh I know that song! It's fun to play on my guitar! So are you ready for the show tonight?" He asked me as he up his arms around my waist. Everything had been cleaned up and broken down, and we were standing outside the make shift dressing room. 1 hour until show time.
"Yeah… nervous but ready!" I said
"Don't worry, you'll do fine!" He said and leaned down to kiss me
"Ok you to. Break it up. You both should be getting ready for the show tonight!" Mr. Crepsley said as he walked past us
"Ok Mr. C! See you later Evra!" I gave him a quick kiss and walked into the girls side of the tent. I decided to go with a whole fire theme for my first show. I straightened my hair and teased the top and put some red temporary streaks in it. I was wearing a tight black t-shirt with flames all over it, black ripped up skinny jeans with flame print leggings, and chunky black shoes. When I was ready I put my iPod on and went through the routine I was going to do.
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15 minutes until show time.
"You're going on right after me." Evra said, he was wearing a black button down shirt half open so you could see more of his scales, dark wash jeans and black high tops. "And I have a surprise for you!"
"OH! What is it?"
"You'll have to wait until I perform to find out!"
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The show had been going on and there was only two acts left, Evra, and then me. It was Evra's turn.
"Hey! I'm Evra Von, the snake boy, and I am going to play you some music tonight!" He said as his snake coiled around his feet "Ok so this first song I'm sure you all will know!"
I'm through with standing in lines at clubs I'll never get in. It's like the bottom of the ninth and I'm never going to win. This life hasn't turned out quite the way I want it to be.
The crowd cheered a little because they all knew the song. He continued to play and almost everyone was singing along.
They'll get you anything with that evil smile, everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial well hey, hey I want to be a rock star, well hey, hey I want to be a rock star.
When he finished the song everyone clapped
"Thank you. This next song I want to dedicate to someone very special, you know who you are." He looked off stage and winked at me and started to play a song I knew all to well.
Just a girl born in Dixie, washed in the blood, and raised on the banks of the Mississippi mud. She always had a thing about falling in love with a bad boy. Yeah they could see it all coming, but her daddy never dreamed she'd grow up that fast, you know what I mean, the way a girl gets when she turns 17, kind of crazy.
This was the surprise! He was singing a song for me!
She's a rebel child and a preacher's daughter. She was baptized in dirty water. Her momma cried the first to she caught her with me, they knew they couldn't stop her. She holds tight to me and the Bible in the back seat of my motorcycle. Left her daddy standing there preaching to the choir you see. God love her.
I can't believe he picked this song! I was just listening to it today, and Toby Keith is one of my favorite singers!
She kissed her momma goodbye, said I'll be sure to phone you. She called her from a truck stop in Tucson, Arizona. With Amazing Grace, we made California alive. Then when my gypsy life started taking it's toll and the fast lane got empty and out of control and just like an angel, she saved my soul from the devil.
I had the hugest smile on my face.
"He's been really excited about his you know." Darren said as he walked up next to me
She's a rebel child and a preacher's daughter. She was baptized in dirty water. Her momma cried the first to she caught her with me, they knew they couldn't stop her. She holds tight to me and the Bible in the back seat of my motorcycle. Left her daddy standing there preaching to the choir you see. God love her. Oh me and God love her.
The crowd was screaming for him.
Now she's a rebel child and a preacher's daughter. She was baptized in dirty water. Her momma cried the first to she caught her with me, they knew they couldn't stop her. She holds tight to me and the Bible in the back seat of my motorcycle. Left her daddy standing there preaching to the choir you see. God love her. Oh me and God love her. God love her. Me and God love her.
When he finished I didn't think the smile on his face could get any bigger.
"Thank you so much! It really means a lot to me!" He said and took a small bow "Now let me introduce to you, my lovely girlfriend, in her first show with the Cirque, the beautiful Roxy!" he said and pointed to me. I ran on stage and gave him a huge hug "I love you" her whispered in my ear
"I love you more." I whispered back and we pulled away. "Give it up one more time for Evra Von!" I yelled as he walked away "Now Harkat, start the music, I'm about to heat things up a little!" I said and Real Gone started playing
I'm American made, Bud Light, Chevrolet, my momma taught me wrong from right.
I started the fire out small and as the beat grew, so did the fire. I made it dance, I made shapes, and I made it pulse. I played with the fire through the whole song. When my sing ended I made the fire surround me and I took a bow.
"Thank you! I am so excited to have gotten to do this for y'all tonight! I have one more thing to show you," I looked out into the audience and saw a boy who was about my age texting someone. "I'll take that!" I said making the phone fly out of his hands "Dude, there's this girl Roxy on stage and she is on fire! Literally! Lol but no for reals she's frickin' hot!" I read off his phone "Aw well thank you! It's nice to know that people think I'm hot! Well any way here's your phone back! Good night everyone!" I said and walked off stage
"You were amazing!" Evra said picking me up and spinning me around. When he put me down he kissed me.
"Thank you! It was so much fun! I can't wait until the next show!" I smiled
"Yeah you rocked it Roxy!" Darren said laughing at his little pun
"It is true Roxy. You have preformed very well." Mr. Crepsley said "Now let us go and change out of our stage cloths. We have to get on the road."
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I brushed out my hair and pulled it into a ponytail with a bump-it on top, and I put on a pair of black denim shorts and a neon green "SBX" t-shirt. I walked out to the van and found Evra loading trunks into the big van where all the luggage went. He was wearing a pair of ripped jeans and no shirt
"Oh work it strong man!" I called to him
"Hey babe! You ready to get on the road? By the way, you look hot."
"Why thank you! So do you!" I said as I slid my arms around his waist and stood on my toes to kiss him "And yes I am so ready to get on the road!"
"Do you know how much I would kill to be riding with you so I don't have to listen to Truska and Mr. C talking all lovey all night?" Darren said walking up to us and hitting his head on the side of the van repeatedly. "Stupid assistant always has to travel with his mentor rule."
"Ok children. Get in the van. We must be going now." Mr. C said as he got into his van.
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We were sitting in the middle of the van.
"So what are we going to do?" I asked
"Well we'll stop at a gas station and then we will drive all night then we will stop for breakfast and then we will get to where ever Mr. Tall wants to stop sometime tomorrow."
"Cool. Are we allowed to get out at the gas station?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Snackage duh! Oh and big drinks!"
"Oh!" He laughed at me "Well it looks like we're here!"
We walked in and got some beef jerky, chips, pretzels, and big drinks. We walked up to the little smart-ass hamster boy of a cashier
"Nice get up buddy, what's your girlfriend supposed to be? Little miss spring break slut?"
"Your just jelous because I have a hot girl and you don't" Evra said with a sarcastic look on his face"
"FYI, I do have a girl." He said and pulled a picture of her out
"Oh dude, I'm sorry." I said
"Yea you should be"
"No she meant she's sorry for the girl!" Evra said and high-fived me
"Now can you just ring us up so we can get out of here?"
"Fine. But get out of here and take the rest of these freaks with you."
"Oh honey we're freakier then you know." I said and conjured a little fire in my hand "Come on Evra, lets get out of here." I said and we got back on the bus.